Bit

A bit is a value of either a 1 or 0 (on or off).

Nibble
A Nibble is 4 bits.
Byte
Today, a Byte is 8 bits.
 1 character, e.g. "a", is one byte.

Kilobyte (KB)
A Kilobyte is 1,024 bytes.
 2 or 3 paragraphs of text.

Megabyte (MB)
A Megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes or 1,024 Kilobytes
 873 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
 4 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)

Gigabyte (GB)
A Gigabyte is 1,073,741,824 (230) bytes. 1,024 Megabytes, or 1,048,576 Kilobytes.
 894,784 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
 4,473 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
 640 web pages (with 1.6MB average file size)
 341 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
 256 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
 1 650MB CD

Terabyte (TB)
A Terabyte is 1,099,511,627,776 (240) bytes, 1,024 Gigabytes, or 1,048,576 Megabytes.
 916,259,689 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
 4,581,298 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
 655,360 web pages (with 1.6MB average file size)
 349,525 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
 262,144 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
 1,613 650MB CD's
 233 4.38GB DVD's
 40 25GB Blu-ray discs

Petabyte (PB)
A Petabyte is 1,125,899,906,842,624 (250) bytes, 1,024 Terabytes, 1,048,576
Gigabytes, or 1,073,741,824 Megabytes.
 938,249,922,368 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
 4,691,249,611 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
  671,088,640 web pages (with 1.6MB average file size)
 357,913,941 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
 268,435,456 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
 1,651,910 650MB CD's
 239,400 4.38GB DVD's
 41,943 25GB Blu-ray discs
Exabyte (EB)
An Exabyte is 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 (260) bytes, 1,024 Petabytes, 1,048,576
Terabytes, 1,073,741,824 Gigabytes, or 1,099,511,627,776 Megabytes.
 960,767,920,505,705 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
 4,803,839,602,528 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
 687,194,767,360 web pages (with 1.6MB average file size)
 366,503,875,925 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
 274,877,906,944 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
 1,691,556,350 650MB CD's
 245,146,535 4.38GB DVD's
 42,949,672 25GB Blu-ray discs

Zettabyte (ZB)
A Zettabyte is 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 (270) bytes, 1,024 Exabytes, 1,048,576
Petabytes, 1,073,741,824 Terabytes, 1,099,511,627,776 Gigabytes, or
1,125,899,910,000,000 Megabytes.
 983,826,350,597,842,752 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
 4,919,131,752,989,213 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
 703,687,443,750,000 web pages (with 1.6MB average file size)
 375,299,970,000,000 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
 281,474,977,500,000 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
 1,732,153,707,691 650MB CD's
 251,030,052,003 4.38GB DVD's
 43,980,465,111 25GB Blu-ray discs

Yottabyte (YB)
A Yottabyte is 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 (280) bytes, 1,024 Zettabytes,
1,048,576 Exabytes, 1,073,741,824 Petabytes, 1,099,511,627,776 Terabytes,
1,125,899,910,000,000 Gigabytes, or 1,152,921,500,000,000,000 Megabytes.
 1,007,438,183,012,190,978,921 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
 5,037,190,915,060,954,894 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
 720,575,937,500,000,000 web pages (with 1.6MB average file size)
 384,307,166,666,666,666 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
 288,230,375,000,000,000 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
 1,773,725,384,615,384 650MB CD's
 257,054,773,251,740 4.38GB DVD's
 45,035,996,273,704 25GB Blu-ray discs

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